Is this an overkill - DDR3 system

Marek · 17 Mar 2008 at 07:20

OCZ 2GB DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Platinum (2x1GB) Dual Channel DDR3
(£105.74) £89.99

Asus P5E3 Deluxe Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
(£170.36) £144.99

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 2.40GHz Guaranteed to run at 3.00GHZ (1333FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 2.40GHz Guaranteed to run at 3.00GHZ (1333FSB) - Retail
(£170.36) £144.99

Point of View GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) -
(£162.14) £137.99

Zalman ZM-GWB8800 Ultra/GTX VGA Water Block Zalman ZM-GWB8800 Ultra/GTX VGA Water Block
(£52.86) £44.99

I want to play COD4, Crysis and BiA Hell's Highway with all the eye candy at 1600x1050

semi-pro waster · 17 Mar 2008 at 07:27

Any particular reason for going DDR3? You are still paying a pretty hefty premium for the privilege, you could get 4gb of (very) good DDR2 for that sort of money. Other than that it looks basically fine although I know very little about watercooling.

TheMagic1an · 17 Mar 2008 at 07:28

To bo honest just go for DDR2 which is selling really cheap now, but ddr3 is getting cheaper, but still not worth it yet at the moment.

Marek · 17 Mar 2008 at 07:42

Thanks, I always thought the latest is the best but having read few reviews it seems DDR3 is pointless for the time being.